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COPPERPLATE

• COPPERPLATE (noun)
The noun COPPERPLATE has 3 senses:

1. a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings
2. a print made from an engraved copperplate
3. an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved

Familiarity information: COPPERPLATE used as a noun is uncommon.

• COPPERPLATE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("copperplate" is a kind of...):

cursive; cursive script; longhand; running hand (rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A print made from an engraved copperplate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("copperplate" is a kind of...):

print (a picture or design printed from an engraving)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

An engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

copperplate engraving; copperplate

Hypernyms ("copperplate" is a kind of...):

engraving (a block or plate that has been engraved)

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